www.thedalleschronicle.com stories: Outdoorshttp://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/gorge-life/outdoors/www.thedalleschronicle.com stories: Outdoorsen-usTue, 15 Aug 2017 13:53:29 -0700Youth pheasant hunts coming to Tygh Valley
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/aug/15/youth-pheasant-hunts-coming-tygh-valley/Young hunters, ages 17 and under, are invited to sign up now for the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife’s free pheasant hunts happening around the state in September.Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:53:29 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/aug/15/youth-pheasant-hunts-coming-tygh-valley/Boat safety tips for eclipse event
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/aug/10/boat-safety-tips-eclipse-event/Are you planning to be on the water for the eclipse? The Oregon State Marine Board, marine law enforcement and boating facility providers offer boating safety tips so everyone can have an unforgettable time on the water. Thu, 10 Aug 2017 13:46:29 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/aug/10/boat-safety-tips-eclipse-event/Night Visitor
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/aug/03/night-visitor/When Denise Ellis set up a trail camera in her backyard, she was hoping to catch photographs of raccoons at her fountain. Instead the camera, which is triggered automatically by heat and motion, caught this image of an owl visiting the fountain during the night.Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:43:54 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/aug/03/night-visitor/Free pheasant hunts open
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jul/27/free-pheasant-hunts-open/SALEM — Youth hunters (age 17 and under) can sign up now for ODFW’s free pheasant hunts happening around the state, including Tygh Valley, in September. Thu, 27 Jul 2017 13:50:52 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jul/27/free-pheasant-hunts-open/Fishermen encouraged to use ‘best practices’
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jul/15/fishermen-encouraged-use-best-practices/CLACKAMAS – Facing some of the lowest steelhead returns on record, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has already curtailed steelhead fishing seasons throughout the Columbia River basin by adopting rolling season closures, reduced bag limits, and a night angling closure for all species.Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:47:28 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jul/15/fishermen-encouraged-use-best-practices/&#39;King of the Beetles&#39;
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jul/14/king-beetles/The idea of beetles stripping flesh from bones sounds like the plot of a horror movie but, in the case of a Lyle business, it is how beautiful pieces of art are created.RaeLynn RicarteFri, 14 Jul 2017 13:17:21 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jul/14/king-beetles/High Speed Visitor
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jun/30/high-speed-visitor/Costa's Hummingbird, common in Southwest deserts, and an uncommon visitor to Oregon, perches near a feeder in Wasco County.Fri, 30 Jun 2017 13:15:26 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jun/30/high-speed-visitor/Outbreak sickens local deer herds
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jun/23/outbreak-sickens-local-deer-herds/Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists are seeing an outbreak of Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease (AHD) in a local deer herd in The Dalles and ask that residents do not feed the animals and bury, or take to the landfill, any carcasses they find on their property.Fri, 23 Jun 2017 13:26:40 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jun/23/outbreak-sickens-local-deer-herds/Spring Beauty
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jun/22/spring-beauty/A fawn peers at a photographer between the legs of its momma in this image captured by Scott McMullen recently on Sevenmile Hill. Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:44:02 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jun/22/spring-beauty/Sportsmen: Share your tallest tales
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jun/14/sportsmen-share-your-tallest-tales/Hunters and anglers are invited to submit best catch and trophy photos for the Brag Board in the 2017 outdoor sports publication that is coming in July, as well as stories.
This year the Chronicle has teamed with up with the Hood River News to widen the distribution of The Gorge Sportsman, formerly known in The Dalles as Hooks & Horns.Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:44:26 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jun/14/sportsmen-share-your-tallest-tales/Taking Flight
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jun/02/taking-flight/A butterfly emerges from its chrysalis, in which it spent the winter hanging from a weeping willow tree in Wasco County, before taking flight and landing in a nearby poplar tree.Fri, 02 Jun 2017 12:30:31 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/jun/02/taking-flight/Fence Diner
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/may/31/fence-diner/ A scrub jay, left, prepares to feed a juvenile jay perched on a neighborhood fence.Wed, 31 May 2017 13:02:28 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/may/31/fence-diner/Agency urges holiday safety
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/may/26/agency-urges-holiday-safety/PORTLAND — Memorial Day weekend typically marks the beginning of summer recreation season in the Pacific Northwest. While the nation pauses to remember its fallen service members on Monday, May 29, many Americans will also spend this weekend enjoying their freedom by visiting national forests, parks, wild and scenic rivers, and grasslands.Fri, 26 May 2017 13:40:52 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/may/26/agency-urges-holiday-safety/Purple Reign
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/may/25/purple-reign/Purple lupine flowers enjoy the recent sunshine on a hillside near the Rowena Crest Viewpoint.Thu, 25 May 2017 12:30:52 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/may/25/purple-reign/Skip&#39;s Trailhead: Desert has much to offer the adventurer
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/may/13/skips-trailhead-desert-has-much-offer-adventurer/Desert has much to offer the adventurerSkip TschanzSat, 13 May 2017 14:37:30 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/may/13/skips-trailhead-desert-has-much-offer-adventurer/What to look for in the May night sky
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/apr/29/what-look-may-night-sky/May brings us longer, warmer days as the Sun marches north toward June’s summer solstice.
By the end of the month we’ll have 15 hours and 29 minutes of daylight. What&#39;s In the Sky -- by Jim WhiteSat, 29 Apr 2017 13:00:05 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/apr/29/what-look-may-night-sky/Expert to discuss lead ammunition
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/apr/19/expert-discuss-lead-ammunition/Leland Brown, an expert from the Oregon Zoo, will be speaking about the use of lead and non-lead ammunition for hunting at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum this Saturday, April 22.Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:27:57 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/apr/19/expert-discuss-lead-ammunition/Wet and Wild
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/apr/12/wet-and-wild/A muskrat swims toward a stand of cattails as spring brings new life to a Klickitat County lake over the weekend.Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:39:28 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/apr/12/wet-and-wild/Spring Croaker
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/mar/28/spring-croaker/A tree frog inflates its “vocal sac” and calls for a mate in a pond along Mill Creek. The vocal sac is a flexible membrane of skin possessed by most male frogs and is used to amplify their mating call. To call, air is expelled from the lungs, through the larynx, and into the vocal sac, which magnifies the sound.Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:28:22 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/mar/28/spring-croaker/Spring Courtship
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/mar/21/spring-courtship/A red-winged blackbird displays from the top of a cattail despite a day of clouds and rain in a Klickitat County marsh Monday afternoon.Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:35:48 -0700http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/mar/21/spring-courtship/